WASHINGTON -- The Mets showed on Tuesday night that it's going to be a race in the National League East. Eric Campbell's pinch-hit two-run single in the seventh inning proved to be the difference as the Mets defeated the Nats, 7-2, at Nationals Park, cutting Washington's lead in the division to two games.
Nationals right-hander Joe Ross was cruising with a one-run lead until the seventh inning, when Wilmer Flores led off with a single. Kirk Nieuwenhuis followed with a hard ground ball that went past first baseman Clint Robinson for a two-base error, putting runners on second and third with nobody out.